In his 2022 book, The Magi, our guest Eric Vanden Eykel examines the birth of the Magi story; its enrichments, embellishments, and expansions in apocryphal writing and early Christian preaching; its artistic expressions in catacombs, icons, and paintings and its modern legacy in novels, poetry, and music.
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#2352 - Meet the Magi: Eric Vanden Eykel [Rebroadcast]

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Our guest, Anna Broadway, discusses her recent book, Solo Planet: How Singles Help the Church Recover Our Calling. Through its deeply researched account, Solo Planet shows how a more biblical approach to singleness can strengthen churches and empower singles to thrive.
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#2417 - God's Provision: Anna Broadway

Our guest, Julia Feder, discusses her recent book, Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma. The book attempts to save our broken ways of talking about God's grace by unearthing liberating resources buried in the Christian tradition.
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#2416 - We Are Diamond Castles: Julia Feder

Our guest, Donna Freitas, talks about her recent book, Wishful Thinking: How I Lost My Faith, and Why I Want to Find It
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#2315 - Lean into Fragility and Mystery: Donna Freitas

Our guest, Rabbi Shai Held, talks about his recent book: Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life.
Held reminds us that love is foundational and constitutive of Jewish faith, animating the singular Jewish perspective on injustice and protest, grace, family life, responsibilities to our neighbors and even our enemies, and chosenness.
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#2414 - We Never Interpret Alone: Rabbi Shai Held

Professor Miguel De La Torre returns to Things Not Seen to discuss his recent book, Resisting Apartheid America
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#2352 - Meet the Magi: Eric Vanden Eykel [Rebroadcast]

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